Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-24


John Coffee had in two bids, one for the
Third district, and the other for the fourth.
The city ordinance ON the subject says no
bidder shall tender proposals for more
than one district, or be interested in any
way in more than one bid, and this being
the case, the committee was in something
OF dilemma as to what 10 do. Finally,
after going over the figures, 1t was decided
to throw ont Mr.. Coifee'S second bid, thus
giving the award for the fourth district to
MIR. Clark. The total of s., $50 for the
contracts is SG97 more than the total Of the
lowest bids submitted two months ago.
when the contract year began, and
.Sl,6lO.45 than the total of last year,
the difference arising from the changed
condition of affairs brought about by the
crematOry, and the introduction of natural
gas, the latter making it impossible for
many housewives to burn their garbage,
AS they were in the habit of doing with
coal fires Council will he asked to ratify
the action of the committee at to nights
session.
This business over, the Committee
turned its attention that chestnut, the
crematOTy. The furnace Is not yet IN
readiness, the superstructme Of the bridge
still remaining TO be put up, while Mr..
Smith, the original contractor has yet to
put III telegraph" by which the heavy
/, 900 pound lids over the dumping holes
are to be lifted. The Hinge Company Is
working on the bridge Us fast As it can. but
Mr.. Smith is in the East and will not be
here before the last of the month. TINS
pntS the city in a fix, Us the State law In
relation to dumping night-sOil, etc, IN the
river il in force, thus leaving no place OF de-
posit for refuse. The Committee found
still another EnOtty question, IN what dis
po>ition should be made of the contents Ol
earth closets, even after the CrcmatOry Is
running. The contents OF these closets,
being largely composed OF earthly matter,
cannot be burned in the furnace, the State
law forbids its being dumped in the river,
and the city has no suitable dumping
ground. 1t WAS proposed, last night, that
the city either put up new furnace, on
| the coke oven principle, ior the especial
purpose of dispOsng of this stun, or else
buy "A dumping ground III the country, but
nothing definite WAS arrived Ut.
! The Committee on Real Estate met ana
audited some miscellaneous bills.
The Board OF Public Works met to open
the proposals for curbug, but after duly
considering the uncertainty hanging over
the general appropriation ordinance, 1t was
agreed to defer opening the bids until
some future time.
The Finance Committee met and agreed
to recommend for approval by Council the
hid of Sl4, 500, by Henry Schmulbach, for
the city lot On Market street There was
some discussion over the fee To be paid
AuctiOnrcr Ialler, some of the committee
thinking the Zee allowed by city ordinance
was too high. The matter was put into
| Mr.. Dobbius' hands. 4 number OF bills
were recommended for payment.
The Board Of Police and Fire Commits
siOners met, aud opened the proposals for
new ladder truck. Ten tenders were made
by AS many firms, the trucks ranging in
price from 81 500 to 5000, but no cOnclu-
sion was reached, the examination of the
models, cuts, specifications, &c, submit
ted, being big job. Some of the trucks,
notably the .Erial turn-table truck, and
the Hayes extension truck We're, magniti-
cent pieces OF machinery.